#C4A939#C4A939

#C4A939 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.131 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A939
RGB	rgb(196, 169, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.8%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -2.31, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 58.63, 92.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.012 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.131 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6933, 40.4091, 9.6844)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A939 #3954C4

analogous

#C46339 #C4A939 #9AC439

triadic

#C4A939 #39C4A9 #A939C4

tetradic

#C4A939 #39C463 #3954C4 #C4399A

square

#C4A939 #39C463 #3954C4 #C4399A

split-complementary

#C4A939 #399AC4 #6339C4

monochromatic

#65571D #95802B #C4A939 #D3BE67 #E1D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#C4A939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#C4A939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A939

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A939	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 169, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.131 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dac276',
    500: '#c4a939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a939;
$custom-light: #dac276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.13104,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A939

secondary

#8D99CC

accent

#66DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF7ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A939

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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